Leveraging Wikipedia : connecting communities of knowledge /

"The vision statement of the Wikimedia Foundation states, 'Imagine a world in which every single human being can freely share in the sum of all knowledge.' Libraries need not see Wikipedia as competition; rather, failing to leverage its omnipresence in the online world constitutes a m...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Other Authors: Proffitt, Merrilee (Editor)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Chicago : ALA Editions, the American Library Association, 2018.
Subjects:
Wikipedia.
Libraries > Technological innovations.
User-generated content.
Electronic encyclopedias.
Library users > Research.
Information behavior > Research.
Bibliothèques > Innovations.
Contenu créé par l'utilisateur.
Encyclopédies électroniques.
Usagers des bibliothèques > Recherche.
Comportement dans la recherche de l'information > Recherche.
REFERENCE > Almanacs.
REFERENCE > Curiosities & Wonders.
REFERENCE > Encyclopedias.
REFERENCE > Questions & Answers.
source of information
encyclopaedia
Internet
dissemination of information
neutrality
computer network
intellectual property
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction: Why Wikipedia and libraries? / Merrilee Proffitt
  • What are galleries, libraries, archives, and museums (GLAM) to the Wikimedia community? / Andrew Lih
  • Connecting citizens and the military: the experiences of the Pritzker Military Museum & Library / Theresa A.R. Embrey
  • Bringing Wiki(p/m)edians into the conversation at libraries / Alex Stinson, Jason Evans
  • Minding the gaps: engaging academic libraries to address content and user imbalances on Wikipedia / Kelly Doyle
  • The Wikipedia library: the largest encyclopedia needs a digital library, and we are building it / Jake Orlowitz
  • Wikipedia and education: a natural collaboration, supported by libraries / Lianna L. Davis
  • Wikipedia and new service models: an exploration / Lily Todorinova, Yu-Hung Lin
  • Edit-a-thons and beyond / Sara Snyder
  • Embracing Wikipedia at the New York Public Library: a personal view / Bob Kosovsky
  • Wikidata and libraries: facilitating open knowledge / Mairelys Lemus-Rojas, Lydia Pintscher
  • Wikipedia and Wikidata help search engines understand your organization: using semantic web identity to improve recognition and drive traffic / Kenning Arlitsch, Justin Shanks
  • Bringing archival collections to Wikipedia with the Remixing Archival Metadata Project (RAMP) editor / Mairelys Lemus-Rojas, Timothy A. Thompson
  • "I'm a librarian on Wikipedia": U.S. public librarianship with Wikipedia / Monika Sengul-Jones
  • Becoming a Wikipedian / Merrilee Proffitt.

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